Fatehabad finds its fortune with figs
Over the phone, Mukesh Kumar asked a simple question, “Our story is a long one. Will you listen, sir?” He is the CEO of the New Nenadevi Farmer Producer Company (FPC). It makes a range of products from figs or anjeer, a fruit totally alien to the soil of Haryana.
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Calling the shots with cashew
EVERY year, Vishwakeshava Kuruveri, a 39- year-old farmer, used to sell his freshly harvested cashew crop to some cashew-processing factories in Uppala. This year, too, at the beginning of the harvesting season, he sold 2.5 tonnes of cashew for Rs 110 per kg to the factories. But, after some time,
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